Depleted Uranium Weapons - A Great Crime
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G. Fieendish
Snark Hunter
The U.K may have given up on DU rounds....
The Challenger 2 MBT now uses a Tungsten Carbide round called Green Charm 3, reportedly delevoped as a response to enviormental/radiological/legal concerns.....
The Challenger 2 MBT now uses a Tungsten Carbide round called Green Charm 3, reportedly delevoped as a response to enviormental/radiological/legal concerns.....
DU testing is getting under way again at the Dundrennan firing range in Scotland.
‘A short statement from the MoD said that public safety precautions were in place.
"Agencies and regulatory bodies responsible for health and safety and environmental protection have agreed the arrangements," it said.
"Comprehensive environmental monitoring programmes involving air, water, and soil sampling, have been in place at and around Kirkcudbright since the beginning of the DU munitions trials.
"The findings continue to show that DU does not pose a significant risk to the environment or to members of the public or site personnel." ‘
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7289584.stm
This would seem to contradict the findings of a study funded by the MoD themselves.
'Safe' uranium that left a town contaminated
This would seem to contradict the UN resolution ‘highlighting serious health concerns over the use of depleted uranium weapons’. Passed by 122 votes to 6.
UN General Assembly Passes DU Resolution
It is also worrying that the health authority in this area of Scotland has disobeyed Freedom of Information orders to release childhood leukemia figures for the region. Their refusal and appeal to the House of Lords is unprecedented in FoI history.
NHS defiant on publishing child leukaemia figures
‘A short statement from the MoD said that public safety precautions were in place.
"Agencies and regulatory bodies responsible for health and safety and environmental protection have agreed the arrangements," it said.
"Comprehensive environmental monitoring programmes involving air, water, and soil sampling, have been in place at and around Kirkcudbright since the beginning of the DU munitions trials.
"The findings continue to show that DU does not pose a significant risk to the environment or to members of the public or site personnel." ‘
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/7289584.stm
This would seem to contradict the findings of a study funded by the MoD themselves.
'Safe' uranium that left a town contaminated
This would seem to contradict the UN resolution ‘highlighting serious health concerns over the use of depleted uranium weapons’. Passed by 122 votes to 6.
UN General Assembly Passes DU Resolution
It is also worrying that the health authority in this area of Scotland has disobeyed Freedom of Information orders to release childhood leukemia figures for the region. Their refusal and appeal to the House of Lords is unprecedented in FoI history.
NHS defiant on publishing child leukaemia figures
Bob_the_lost
Elsewhere
Ah, best to check those sources before C&Ping them eddy
What was the followup on that last piece by the way? It's a year old now, is the appeal still trundling it's way through?
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